EP2063138A1 - Kugelgelenkvorrichtung - Google Patents

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EP2063138A1
EP2063138A1 EP07121418A EP07121418A EP2063138A1 EP 2063138 A1 EP2063138 A1 EP 2063138A1 EP 07121418 A EP07121418 A EP 07121418A EP 07121418 A EP07121418 A EP 07121418A EP 2063138 A1 EP2063138 A1 EP 2063138A1
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Priority to DE602007011640T priority patent/DE602007011640D1/de
Priority to EP07121418A priority patent/EP2063138B1/de
Priority to ES07121418T priority patent/ES2366079T3/es
Priority to US12/276,181 priority patent/US7993069B2/en
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
    • F16C11/00—Pivots; Pivotal connections
    • F16C11/04—Pivotal connections
    • F16C11/10—Arrangements for locking
    • F16C11/103—Arrangements for locking frictionally clamped
    • F16C11/106—Arrangements for locking frictionally clamped for ball joints
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R11/00—Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for
    • B60R11/02—Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof
    • B60R11/0252—Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof for personal computers, e.g. laptops, notebooks
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
    • F16C11/00—Pivots; Pivotal connections
    • F16C11/04—Pivotal connections
    • F16C11/06—Ball-joints; Other joints having more than one degree of angular freedom, i.e. universal joints
    • F16C11/0619—Ball-joints; Other joints having more than one degree of angular freedom, i.e. universal joints the female part comprising a blind socket receiving the male part
    • F16C11/0623—Construction or details of the socket member
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16M—FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS
    • F16M11/00—Stands or trestles as supports for apparatus or articles placed thereon ; Stands for scientific apparatus such as gravitational force meters
    • F16M11/02—Heads
    • F16M11/04—Means for attachment of apparatus; Means allowing adjustment of the apparatus relatively to the stand
    • F16M11/06—Means for attachment of apparatus; Means allowing adjustment of the apparatus relatively to the stand allowing pivoting
    • F16M11/12—Means for attachment of apparatus; Means allowing adjustment of the apparatus relatively to the stand allowing pivoting in more than one direction
    • F16M11/14—Means for attachment of apparatus; Means allowing adjustment of the apparatus relatively to the stand allowing pivoting in more than one direction with ball-joint
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16M—FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS
    • F16M11/00—Stands or trestles as supports for apparatus or articles placed thereon ; Stands for scientific apparatus such as gravitational force meters
    • F16M11/20—Undercarriages with or without wheels
    • F16M11/2007—Undercarriages with or without wheels comprising means allowing pivoting adjustment
    • F16M11/2035—Undercarriages with or without wheels comprising means allowing pivoting adjustment in more than one direction
    • F16M11/2078—Undercarriages with or without wheels comprising means allowing pivoting adjustment in more than one direction with ball-joint
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16M—FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS
    • F16M13/00—Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles; Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16M—FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS
    • F16M13/00—Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles; Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles
    • F16M13/02—Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles; Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V21/00—Supporting, suspending, or attaching arrangements for lighting devices; Hand grips
    • F21V21/14—Adjustable mountings
    • F21V21/26—Pivoted arms
    • F21V21/28—Pivoted arms adjustable in more than one plane
    • F21V21/29—Pivoted arms adjustable in more than one plane employing universal joints
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R11/00—Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for
    • B60R2011/0042—Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for characterised by mounting means
    • B60R2011/008—Adjustable or movable supports
    • B60R2011/0085—Adjustable or movable supports with adjustment by rotation in their operational position
    • B60R2011/0089—Adjustable or movable supports with adjustment by rotation in their operational position around three axes, i.e. universally mounted
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16M—FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS
    • F16M2200/00—Details of stands or supports
    • F16M2200/02—Locking means
    • F16M2200/021—Locking means for rotational movement
    • F16M2200/022—Locking means for rotational movement by friction
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    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
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    • Y10S248/917—Video display screen support
    • Y10S248/919—Adjustably orientable video screen support
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T403/32032—Plural ball and socket
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    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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  • the present invention relates to the field of ball joint devices, and more particularly to a lockable double ball joint device having a housing and a first and a second joint elements mounted in the housing and releasably lockable in different positions, and to an appliance holder comprising such a lockable double ball joint device.
  • Lockable ball joints are useful in many different applications, such as camera supports, wheelchairs, tool holders, etc.
  • One typical example of a lockable double ball joint is recognized as Manfrotto 155 double ball joint head, which is primarily used for a camera support. It comprises two plate shaped halves having recesses constituting ball seats. In order to lock the joint a screw is used to tighten the halves together. This joint is open at the sides thereby being vulnerable to dirt.
  • the present invention is in particular directed to appliance holders such as computer holders, and one application area of particular interest is vehicles.
  • the computer In order for the computer to be easily accessible it is convenient to have it mounted on a computer holder in the vehicle. Further, it is convenient that the computer holder is settable in different positions such that the computer can be moved into an operation position when the driver wants to use it and into a resting position when the driver is to start driving the vehicle.
  • computer holders comprising a lockable ball joint have been developed.
  • a double ball joint device comprising:
  • This structure where the locking washer, operated by the operation member, is used as a clamping element to clamp both joint elements in the locking position has shown to be strong enough to easily carry a rather heavy appliance, such as a lap top, at attractively small dimensions of the double ball joint device.
  • the first and second balls in said locking state, are urged into engagement with first and second inner wall portions of said housing at said first and second opening, respectively. It is an advantage to use surface engagement of the inner wall portions as a means of obtaining a high strength at the locking state.
  • the first and second inner wall portions each has the same curvature radius as the respective first and second balls.
  • the operation member comprises a rotatable threaded rod that extends through a threaded hole of said housing, and an operation lever attached to the threaded rod.
  • the operation member comprises an engagement rod extending through a hole of said housing and being slidably movable radially of the housing, and an operation lever hingedly attached to said engagement rod.
  • the housing comprises two halves attached to each other. A first half thereof comprises said first opening, and a second half thereof comprises said second opening.
  • a double ball joint device 100 comprises a housing 102, a first joint element 104, which has a first ball 106 and a first shaft 108, a second joint element 110, which has a second ball 112 and a second shaft 114, a locking washer 116, and an operation member 118, which comprises a threaded rod 120 and an operation lever 122.
  • a major portion 106a of the first ball 106 is mounted and retained within the housing 102, and a minor portion, or top portion, 106b of the first ball 106 protrudes from the housing 102 through a first opening 124 thereof.
  • the first shaft 108 is attached to the minor portion 106b of the first ball 106.
  • the border between the major and minor portions 106a,b of the first ball 106 is illustrated by a dashed line in fig. 1 . At the same time that dashed line illustrates the mouth of the first opening 124.
  • the double ball joint device 100 is symmetric as regards the ball - housing structure, such that a major portion 112a of the second ball 112 is mounted within the housing 102 and a minor portion, or top portion, 112b thereof protrudes from the housing 102 through a second opening 126 thereof.
  • the second shaft 114 is attached to the second ball 112 at said minor portion 112b thereof.
  • the second opening 126 is, thus, formed opposite of the first opening 124.
  • the first and second openings 124, 126 are circular and have equal diameters, which are smaller than the diameters, mutually equal as well, of the first and second balls 106, 112, respectively.
  • the housing 102 is substantially cylindrical.
  • Each respective first and second shafts 108, 114 has a threaded end portion, or head portion, 108a, 114a at which a suitable device is mountable, as will be exemplified below with a lap top holder.
  • the locking washer 116 is arranged between the first and second balls 106, 112. It comprises a first seat 128 for receiving the first ball 106, and more particularly a bottom portion thereof, and a second seat 130 for receiving the second ball 112, and more particularly a bottom portion thereof.
  • the double ball joint device 100 is shown in a released state, i.e. the balls 106, 112 are movable relative to the housing 102.
  • the movement could be regarded as a rotation or pivotation.
  • the movement is only limited by the mouth of the respective first and second opening 124, 126, which is hit by the respective first and second shaft 108, 114 at a limit angle taken from an origination position where the first and second shafts 108, 114 are mutually aligned as well as aligned with a longitudinal centre axis of the housing 102.
  • the locking washer 116 is approximately centred relative to said longitudinal centre axis of the housing.
  • the operation member 118 is in a retracted position where it is non-engaged with the locking washer 116.
  • each ball 106, 112 is biased against the inner wall of the housing 102. More particularly, an upper most surface portion 132, 134 of the respective major portion 106a, 112a extending between the middle of the ball 106, 112 and the border between the major portion 106a, 112a and the minor portion 106b, 112b, engages with an adjacent surface portion 136, 138 of the inner wall of the housing 102.
  • This engagement is obtained due to the curved shape of respective first and second end portions 140, 142 of the housing 102.
  • This curved shape is adapted to the curvature of the respective first and second balls 106, 112, such that the curvature radii are equal. Due to the friction of the surface engagement a relative high force can be applied to the respective first and second shaft 108, 114 without moving the ball joints 104, 110 relative to the housing 102. In other words a strong double ball joint device 100 is achieved.
  • the operation member 310 works according to a different principle than the operation member 118 of the first embodiment. More particularly, an engagement rod 312 of the operation member 310 is slidably movable radially of the housing 302, and an operation lever 314 is hingedly connected with the engagement rod 312. Thus, by operating the operation lever 314 the engagement rod 312 is radially movable into engagement with the locking washer 308 for locking the first and second joint members 304, 306, in the same way as in the first embodiment, or out of engagement with the locking washer 308 for releasing the first and second joint members 304, 306. It should be noted that the operation member is most schematically illustrated only to show the operation principle.
  • the double ball joint device 400 is shown in a perspective view, wherein a housing 402, first and second joint members 404, 406, and an operation member 408 are shown.
  • the housing 402 is made in two halves 410, 412, which are assembled, wherein each half comprises a respective first opening 414 and second opening (not visible in the figure).
  • the double ball joint device is useful in a wide area of applications.
  • a particular application within the scope of this invention is a lap top holder 500, as illustrated in fig. 5 .
  • the lap top holder 500 comprises a lower support arm 502, which is provided with an appropriate mounting device 504, a double ball joint device 506, which is attached to the lower support via a threaded connection, and an upper support arm 510, which is arranged to carry a lap top, and which is also attached to the double ball joint device 506 via a threaded connection.
  • the lap top holder 500 is settable in various positions, where the support arms 502, 510 are steplessly fixable at an optional angle to each other.

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AT07121418T ATE493586T1 (de) 2007-11-23 2007-11-23 Kugelgelenkvorrichtung
PT07121418T PT2063138E (pt) 2007-11-23 2007-11-23 Dispositivo de rótula esférica
DE602007011640T DE602007011640D1 (de) 2007-11-23 2007-11-23 Kugelgelenkvorrichtung
EP07121418A EP2063138B1 (de) 2007-11-23 2007-11-23 Kugelgelenkvorrichtung
PL07121418T PL2063138T3 (pl) 2007-11-23 2007-11-23 Urządzenie z przegubem kulowym
ES07121418T ES2366079T3 (es) 2007-11-23 2007-11-23 Un dispositivo de unión de rótula.
PCT/EP2008/065997 WO2009065933A2 (en) 2007-11-23 2008-11-21 A ball joint device
US12/276,181 US7993069B2 (en) 2007-11-23 2008-11-21 Ball joint device

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